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Garcinia Cambogia (HCA) Supplements

Liver Injury Concern with Garcinia

March 10, 2025
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Several cases of liver injury and liver failure have been linked with the use of supplements containing Garcinia, a popular ingredient for weight management. Get the details in the Concerns and Cautions section of our Garcinia Cambodia (HCA) Supplements Review.

Also see: Is there a risk of liver toxicity with certain supplements?

Hydroxycitrate for Kidney Stones?

March 25, 2022
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Can supplementing with hydroxycitrate (HCA) help prevent or treat kidney stones? Find out what research shows in the What It Does section of our Garcinia Cambogia Review.

Also see our answer to the question: Can any supplements reduce or increase the risk of kidney stones?

Garcinia Concern

December 02, 2019
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Another case of liver failure associated with the use of Garcinia cambogia has been reported. For details, see the Concerns and Cautions section of the Garcinia Cambogia Supplements Review.

Garcinia Warning

August 27, 2018
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Be aware that Garcinia cambogia extracts, touted for weight management, may cause liver injury, as suggested by two recent case reports. See the Concerns and Cautions section of the Garcinia Cambogia Supplements Review for details.

Mania From Garcinia

September 16, 2016
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There are recent reports of people experiencing mania when taking Garcinia cambogia (HCA). For details see the Concerns and Cautions section of the Garcinia Cambogia Supplements Review >>

Does Garcinia cambogia Work?

September 05, 2014
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A recent study in obese women found that taking a Garcinia cambogia extract for two months did not impact weight -- although it did modestly reduce triglyceride levels. This adds to an already mixed picture about the effects of Garcinia. Learn more about this and earlier studies, see our bottom line about Garcinia's efficacy, and see how popular brands of supplements have fared in our tests in the updated Garcinia Cambogia (HCA) Supplements Review >> 

Danger Using Antidepressant with Garcinia cambogia

May 30, 2014
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Taking the popular weight supplement Garcinia cambogia along with a common antidepressant may cause toxicity, according to a new report. For more details, as well as our tests of Garcinia cambogia supplements, see the Garcinia Cambogia Supplements Review >>  (Also see the CL Answer about supplement interactions with antidepressants.)